Christioceratidae
Christioceratidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
Order: | Goniatitida |
Suborder: | Goniatitina |
Superfamily: | Schistocerataceae |
Family: | Christioceratidae Nassichuk & Furnish 1965 |
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Christioceratidae is one of five families of the Schistocerataceae superfamily. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.
References
- The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07